San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-01

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10 ana Jro So"hH me hGaDing mass Of
| GU "iEI,' w, SL'LDtHU huhWhuH
lGnE. SUIT ionly tn attacking lines seemed
| 10 gr w thinner, ami then with slow. long,
heavc the GrgyS passed over them. lust as a
| great wave hrayCS mp and passes over
snnIen ridc" 1t WAS zone; that regiment
| was completely destroyed 3ut the GrayS had
but two lines left now; Il third Of their num-
Der We're dead.
Closing up shout Ter to shoulder once more
they halted IN Sil.uc, and awaited attack
and was rrinirrI t. catch ....yl,i of Sir Hen.
RVS yellow bear is h..mN,.I,,unI fro mr.
ranging the RANKS. 50 Er was vet aliyeI
Meanwhile We roy II mn IN III. ,,round NJ
the encounter wr,ch was rurhnrnJ nv
about four tLnr,,nd nr,,sfr,t. hun,,n ha,
ings, dead. dyine, AMI w,uniaJ mi Iiter,l-
~ stained red with .,l,nd I,nosi issrnd an
order. which YVES ,,,,div n,.srJ dawn the
ranks. To tGp ,.T. ,i,t unr, nj tl,,, a,,an,i,.o,
wounded were f., h,. siIIaJ .,r,r,s wa
oou'" sec 'ii'9 "i"ei was N''"p,"o',N'S c'iItcu
o '" ~ """',' .''Nc "eeii ohochiils sight,
we i'"" TIT" ''''e W "l'''h III II.
put "o" S'c""' I'S,'IciN "','. '2u'S"el
ny M'''c p'I''''H, Mus an" A'i'r"S' was
hi"'''S up !" 'ne att'c" "i we Two u'n"N.',i"
Ie''''''"'''s "iaS > WI" N'"," waning III tn'
SAINT o'l,'i'""S Hl'''''' 'S "e'"' vi, '''o ''o
was Mi''i' l"IIF NH'l' OF 81" Wheh 'hey
hutie" themselves WIN llrc9iStlDIe lolce up,
Oh theh' AGAIN thefe came III" a"'ui ron
OF ule iIeetlhS shields ana ~ we wachrn'
the grim tragedy repeated ITSELF 10y Il'S
ti'he the issue was Iett longer III doubt; M
deeu IL seemed Tor aw'llIe aIhnSt linpoS,Lhc
tilat inc Trays Slohin again pi"Vail. Inc
attacking regiment, winch was one iorIir"
vi youlS hch' I"hght WIN the utmost Jury
ana al llrSt SEEMED by Sheer weight 10 be
driVlhg the veterans Dack' Inc SaNSn'er
was something awIuI, hundreds failing
every hlihute' ana from among the SHOUTS
OF the warriors and the grOanS OF the dying
set 10 the ciasllhE music OF meeting spears,
came continuous Missing Hhdertone Oi
. gee, gee, the lOte "l triumph ol eaeu
victor as lie passed ms spear thronEh anu
through the BODY OF his fallen Zoe.
But perfect discipline ana steady ana un-
changing ValOr can 90 wonders, ana one vel
eran snldl'r Is worth TWO Young ONES rs
soon became apparent III the present case.
For just AS W" thought That II was all up
with the Gra,S, ana wer" preparing % take
their place 80 soon as lhey made room Dl De
ing destroyed, ! heard Sir H0hiy deep
voice ringing out above the din, ana caught
a glimpse OF his circIlng batue-aX as he
waved it high above his p!umes. Then came
a change; the GrdyS c"lSed to give; they
stood still az a rock against whlch the Iur-
iOus waves of sprarmrn broke again and
again, only to recoil. Presently they began
to move again-fOrward this time; as they
had no nrearllls' there was no SMOKE 50 we
couid see IL all. announcer minute anu inc
onslaught grew 1aihter'
Eau tley are men, Hueeu' tNey VIII coh-
qner. again, calie" OUT lEhosl' WHO was
fIiluiis HIS teet" Win eAc''e'iieii' "' MY
! aioe. pee It ,, ~ "ol~ - ,,,,.o sn.,,, .,o
I'No P.,'o VI o''iJNo tIoHi .,V
,n o, Vi o"i..'o e - ms ..n,.o
baoG- drssses streamin1 behind them in tive
swind, and left their opponents victOrs, i'll
! deed but, aasl no more regiment. OF the
Z gallant triple line, which, forty minutes be-
fore, had gone into action three thousand
strong. there remained at most some six
hundred bDOd-bespattered men; the rest
were under-fOOt. And yet they cheered and
waved their spears in triumph, and then, in
stead of falling back upon us as we expected,
they ran forward. for a hundred yards or so,
after the flymg groups of fOemen, took pos
session of gently rising knoll of ground,
and resuming the Old triple formation,
formed a threefOd ring around it. And
then, thanks be to God, standing on the top
oF tI,o mound fnr a minute | saw Sir Henry
annareutIy unframed, and with our old
friend InfadOOs. Then TwaIa's regiments
rolled down upon the doomed band, and